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In this screenshot on Instagram from 4 days ago (2/18/2014), Madonna promotes the Palestinian made film Omar. Though Madonna played in apartheid Israel in 2012, maybe she has had time to think about how boycotting Israel is a #revolutionoflove.

Three international bands [NOT] will fly to Israel in October 2013, to attend the 2nd Progstage festival. The place: Dugal Beach, on the Kinneret shore (Sea of Galilee). The production cancelled the event three days before the date. Possible reasons: low ticket sales and the closing of Dugal beach (due to 0season’s end). Here are the bands that will NOT attend:

Circus Maximus (Norway), promoting their third album from 2012, “Nine”

Haken (UK), which have just released “The Mountain”, also their 3rd release

All three bands were supposed to perform on the eve of October 11th (Friday night), with local crowds camping out on the beach with tents. On the next day, all artists were welcome to use the waterpark facilites or just enjoy the Sea of Galilee, just like Jesus did

A bunch of local Israeli progressive bands were also supposed to attend (this will not happen, as well):

Behind The Sun

Eatliz

Yossi Sassi

Key of The Moment

Desert

Distorted Harmony

No Reflection

Love Beach Girls Choir

Progstage 2012 was a big financial loss, although it was a successful event for the tickets buyers who enjoyed a real bargain. Four international bands were invited (Pain of Salvation; The Flower Kings; Andromeda; Osada Da Vida), with about 13 local bands performing. Many prog-heads enjoyed the free atmosphere at the beach, but not enough people bought tickets to make the production break even.

The 2013 event seems (well, at least, so it seemed at the time) much more realistic, with fewer bands and smaller names – but in the end – it will not happen in 2013, and probably not in 2014, as well.

The Progstage production team has said that a new event will be scheduled in November, probably at “Reading 3″ club in Tel Aviv. It was scheduled to Nov 30th, but was cancelled again in Nov 17th. Again, low ticket sales were the reason for the 2nd cancellation.

Alicia Keys is scheduled to perfom in Tel Aviv on July 4. An international campaign calling on the talented and conscious Keys to cancel her concert in Apartheid Israel is gaining momentum.

Earlier today, Palestinian-American leaders and community activists delivered a petition signed by over 12,000 to Alicia Keys’ nonproft charity in New York City. The day before, Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of New Mexico released a video (see above) “inspired by the Palestinian women who every day nonviolently resist the illegal occupation of their land,” the video description says.

Below is a press release detailing the recent efforts to show Keys why she must cancel her show:

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Natacha Atlas Refrains From Playing Israel

Today, another major artist expressed their commitment to justice and human rights, answering the call of Palestinian people for boycott, divestment and sanctions against apartheid Israel by cancelling her performance there.

“I had an idea that performing in Israel would have been a unique opportunity to encourage and support my fans’ opposition to the current government’s actions and policies. I would have personally asked my Israeli fans face-to-face to fight this apartheid with peace in their hearts, but after much deliberation I now see that it would be more effective a statement to not go to Israel until this systemised apartheid is abolished once and for all. Therefore I publicly retract my well-intentioned decision to go and perform in Israel and so sincerely hope that this decision represents an effective statement against this regime.”

Old town Nablus, Jerusalem, daily life, homes and documentation of historical landmarks make up just part of the album. Photos date back to the 1880’s and up to pre-1948. Some photos came from the US Library of Congress.

Mike says

“What started out as an angry response to Newt Gingrich’s idiotic remarks about Palestinians being “invented”, has turned into a project (a labor of love I must confess)…What you are now seeing, My “Vintage Palestine” collection of photos is the nascent “fruit” of my efforts…Hope you enjoy, reflect, and take action against the injustice of what happened and continues to happen to the indigenous natives of the Holy Land: The Palestinian Arabs!”

But the band, in a bizarre attempt to disassociate itself from BDS, insisted that it was not their fault the concert was cancelled, saying:

Sorry! Not our decision.

The twisted situation brought shock to many fans, some of whom expressed disbelief. But the comments were supportive, and if the Cardigans had cancelled due to a moral stand in support of the boycott, fans would have been much less generous. Other artists that have cancelled have endured shockingly hateful comments and threats.

Shahar Levi Henner No way! Its been over a decade since i first heard “Gran Turismo” and fell inlove with this masterpiece album. This show was supposed to be the climax of my summer, my year and more. I cannot believe this! You will not come to take me higher. 😦

Reout Sagui What?!?! we just didn’t buy tickets yet, it doesn’t mean we don’t wanna come!!! Come on, you have to do something and bring the show back on!!! Me & some friends really wanted to come!!!! This sucks so bad…. I know it’s not the band’s fault, but I’m assuming it was due to lack of ticket purchases…… Major Bummer ): We hardly get to see good shows around here and I LOVE the Cardigans

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Israel commits crime of apartheid: "Inhumane acts of a character similar to other crimes against humanity "committed in the context of an institutionalized regime of systematic oppression and domination by one racial group over any other racial group or groups and committed with the intention of maintaining that regime."